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Award winning musical experiences for children aged 4-11
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Your child’s musical journey begins with our Strings Club Minis courses – 10 week ukulele or violin programmes designed specifically for children aged 4-5 in their first year of school. At just 45 mins long, it’s the perfect way to end your child’s day or start to Saturday morning!
You’ll receive a fantastic Welcome Pack from us a few weeks before the course begins – with information all about the programme including what your child will learn in each lesson.
As you drop them off for their lesson, your child is a bit nervous at first – however, as you listen outside the classroom they seem to be at home once again and so you decide to leave them to it and grab some precious ‘me time’ yourself.
At the end of the lesson, your child runs up to you with their instrument – hired from The Strings Club – with the biggest grin. They already have learnt how to hold their instrument as well as the name of the strings, G-D-A-E! The lessons sky rocket your child’s confidence into space and they seem to start their school life with no problems at all.
By now, your child has made so many friends at The Strings Club – there’s Harriet and Isaac on their weekly Term Time Course plus Indigo and Danny at the Holiday Camp they attend every school break. You feel really at ease dropping them off with the friendly, experienced staff who are always there to greet you at the door.
By the end of Reception, your child can play most songs from their Strings Club Minis folder and take delight in completing their stars every time they practice their violin. The end of term concert bring a tear to your eyes as you see your child playing the violin with sheer confidence and joy!
After a wonderful summer, it’s time to join a Sound Start course! Your child can now choose to learn ukulele, violin or guitar – and their lessons now extend to a whole hour. They’ll also receive a brand new ‘Fiddle Time Joggers’, ‘Guitar Basics’ or ‘Ukulele Basics’ book with a cool backing track CD, for free! They love practising at home along with the backing tracks and giving you regular concerts too.
Their weekly ‘Practice Makes Perfect’ guides are really handy as they ensure that you know exactly what your child needs to perfect at home! You’re becoming an expert yourself and know how to make sure they’re practising a good bow hold – which is why your child’s playing sounds beautiful, rather than that squeaky violin playing you hear next door!
The Musicianship Matters part of each lesson is great too – especially with their interactive games that your child then comes home to show you. You especially love ‘Don’t Clap This One Back!’ and have had great fun playing it with your child – they always catch you out!
At their Term Time Course, your child can now read all music notation, can identify dynamics, complex rhythms and can perform their songs with pure confidence!
By the third term, your child has been nominated by their Strings Club teacher for a Copper Music Medal, an award-scheme part of The Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music.
Rather than waiting for a few years to complete Grade 1, your child is already on the path to musical success – and in less than a year too! Wow! Plus, their Copper Music Medal is part of the National Qualifications Framework and is equal to the Grade system too so your child feels confident enough to go for that Year 1 scholarship at school too!
The Copper Music Medal takes place after their usual lesson, alongside with their regular teacher – plus it only costs £16 and is fully arranged by Strings Club HQ!
Your child chooses to celebrate their 8th birthday with a Strings Club Party – The Strings Club even arranged the venue and a photographer for you!
You book a ‘Big Sing Song’ party and it’s packed full of your child’s favourite tunes! The friendly Party Leaders take care of everything, giving you the chance to watch your child and their friends having a ball.
By the time they’re singing Happy Birthday and your child is blowing out the candles everyone’s singing their hearts out and dancing their socks off! The free party bags round the afternoon off perfectly – packed full of games, musical giveaways, and still with enough room for cake!
Your child has been nominated for a Music Medal again – but this time, Silver! This level of Music Medal is equal to Grade 1 and has some lovely pieces that sound great!
They are really keen to practice and even invite their class friends over for a play-date – who has also been learning at The Strings Club since they were 3! Their ensemble piece ‘Little Liza Jane’ sounds lovely together – so much so, you record it and send to granny and grandpa!
Your child now is leading the strings ensemble during term-time at their school as well as the Intermediate Ensemble at their Strings Club Holiday Camp. They especially love playing a range of songs with their holiday camp course leader, who arranges well-known tunes such as Disney’s Frozen (as well as some Mozart)! The end of camp concert goes down a storm!
Now 10 years of age, your child is a well-rounded musician with a passion for anything musical!
They also seem to have a deep understanding on different styles of music – this you believe stems from the recommended listening their teacher has given them over the years! You’ve loved listening to music together – a somewhat bonding experience – and learnt so much yourself too!
You recently visit The Royal Festival Hall, London and heard The Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain – it was so much fun and well-planned by Strings Club.
You’re so unbelievably proud today – as your child stands up to receive their Platinum Music Medal at the Strings Club Ceremony. You cannot help feeling emotional – not only for your child’s success at their Music Medal award (equivalent to Grade 3), but also the fact that this is the end of the road with The Strings Club. You give teacher, a big hug and a bouquet of flowers.
As usual, The Strings Club are always there to help and send you an email full of guidance on encouraging your child to continue at secondary school. You take the time to contact their new school’s Head of Music, who only knows too well the significance of continuation and is more than happy to put your child’s name down for one-to-one lessons at their new school. They also put your child’s name down for the local string ensemble, as well as the school orchestra.
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